Dave "Weitie" Weitzman To Coach Stoners

The 2008 National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) Champion Pennsylvania Stoners announce David Weitzman as the new First Team Head Coach for the upcoming season.

Weitzman brings a wide range of coaching and management experience to his new role. He has earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Premier Diploma and actively works with Lehigh Valley youth and college players. Coach Weitzman is also General Manger at Iron Lakes Sports Club and Director of Operations for FC Lehigh United youth soccer club. His previous coaching experience includes positions at Muhlenberg College, Lehigh University, Parkland High School and other Lehigh Valley soccer programs.

Weitzman replaces 2008 Stoners Head Coach Todd Ervin, who has accepted the position of head coach of the Moravian Men’s Soccer program.

The Stoners have also signed two new assistant coaches. John O’Rourke has joined the coaching staff as First Team Assistant Coach. He spent eight seasons assisting at DeSales University and four seasons at Mercer County College. Coach O’Rourke is also very active at the youth development level and served as Director of Coaching at Quakertown Soccer Club and trainer to many local youth teams. He has also earned his NSCAA Premier Diploma and has experience coaching abroad in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Stoners returning goalkeeper Sam Bishop has accepted a position as First Team Assistant Coach. He will continue to play the position of goalkeeper for the Stoners while concurrently assisting Coach Weitzman. Bishop has experience coaching local high school and collegiate goalkeepers and is currently a staff coach with FC Lehigh United youth soccer club and the Emmaus High School Girls’ program. Prior to joining the Stoners, Sam played professionally for the Harrisburg City Islanders of the United Soccer League's 2nd Division.

The Pennsylvania Stoners are the Lehigh Valley’s minor league soccer team. Formed in 2008 by the Pennsylvania Stoners Sports Academy (PSSA), the team is a non-profit organization focused on developing Lehigh Valley soccer players, both on and off the field, with a special emphasis on exposing disadvantaged youth to the “world’s game.” The Stoners play in the Northeast Conference of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) and won the national championship in 2008, the team’s inaugural season. The NPSL plays a spring/summer schedule from early May into early August.